Uh-Oh Seven

Billions of dollars are at stake. A project decades in the making hangs in the balance. The Internet buzzes with attempts to decipher each bit of news. It sounds like a job for James Bond. Actually it is Bond -- or, the big problem of who may play him next.

The incumbent, Pierce Brosnan, has suggested he's had enough after four movies. That could be a negotiating tactic, but at age 51, he's probably up for a change. The stakes are...